亚洲网紅露点

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beefeater

[ beef-ee-ter ]

noun

  1. a yeoman of the English royal guard or a warder of the Tower of London.
  2. Informal. an Englishman.
  3. a person who eats beef.


beefeater

/ 藞产颈藧蹿藢颈藧迟蓹 /

noun

  1. a nickname often applied to the Yeomen of the Guard and the Yeomen Warders at the Tower of London
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of beefeater1

First recorded in 1600鈥10; beef + eat ( def )
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It will be guarded constantly by soldiers or by Yeoman Warders - known as beefeaters - from the Tower Of London.

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Charlotte had advanced, correctly spelling 鈥渒athakali鈥 and 鈥渂eefeater鈥 and defining 鈥済ubernatorial.鈥

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The musical posits Britain as a land of fancy chandeliers, postcard palaces and plummy accents 鈥 what, no beefeaters?!?

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They are believed to be known as beefeaters as they once received a portion of their salary in beef.

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I diligently watched a beefeater for eight hours while he was on duty, and he didn't eat beef once during that period.

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